John 17:20
Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word;
KJV
Οὐ περὶ τούτων δὲ ἐρωτῶ μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ περὶ τῶν πιστευόντων διὰ τοῦ λόγου αὐτῶν εἰς ἐμέ,
Greek NT
Non pro eis autem rogo tantum, sed et pro eis qui credituri sunt per verbum eorum in me :
Vulgate
Neither for these only do I pray, but for them also that believe on me through their word;
ASV
And not for them only do I pray, but for them also who through their word shall believe in me.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
15 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
διά
dia
preposition · 633×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λόγος
logos
noun · 330×
μόνον
monon
adverb · 66×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
περί
peri
preposition · 335×
πιστεύω
pisteuo
verb · 241×
ἀλλά
alla
conjunction · 636×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
ἐρωτάω
erotao
verb · 65×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
Historic Christian voices
9 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§2821This petition is taken up and granted in the prayer of Jesus which is present and effective in the Eucharist; it bears its fruit in new life in keeping with the Beatitudes.94
1. It was probable that many of those who were more weakly would especially distrust the promises of Christ because He had died. Paul accordingly out of a superabundance introduced this illustration, deriving it from common custom. Of what kind is it? He says, indeed, on this very account we ought to be of good courage. On what account? Because testaments are established and ob…
§100Our Redeemer showed His burning love for the Church especially by praying for her to His heavenly Father. To recall but a few examples: everyone knows, Venerable Brethren, that just before the Crucifixion He prayed repeatedly for Peter,[189] for the other Apostles,[190] for all who, through the preaching of the holy Gospel would believe in Him.[191]
Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son. Calvin calls this the high priestly prayer of Christ. Jesus prays first for himself — that he might be glorified in order to glorify the Father. Then for his disciples — that they might be sanctified through the truth, God's word is truth. Then for all who will believe through their word — that they all may be one, as the Father and So…
The Synod rejects the errors of those who teach that Christ nowhere prayed for an unfailing perseverance of believers in faith. For they contradict Christ himself when he says: "I have prayed for you, Peter, that your faith may not fail" (Luke 22:32), and the evangelist John when he testifies in John 17 that it was not only for the apostles, but also for all those who were to b…
Cross-references
- 1John 5:20 — And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and
- Acts 2:41 — Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.
- Acts 4:4 — Howbeit many of them which heard the word believed; and the number of the men was about five thousand.
- Eph 4:11 — And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
- Gal 3:28 — There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
- John 14:16 — And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;
- John 17:6 — I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word.
- John 17:9 — I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine.
- Phil 1:27 — Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striv
- Ps 86:11 — Teach me thy way, O LORD; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name.
- Rom 8:34 — Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.
- Rom 15:18 — For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ hath not wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obedient, by word and deed,
- Rom 16:26 — But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith: